NAME
----
-git-show-branch - Show branches and their commits.
+git-show-branch - Show branches and their commits
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-show-branch [--all] [--heads] [--tags] [--more=<n> | --list | --independent | --merge-base] [--no-name | --sha1-name] [<rev> | <glob>]...'
+[verse]
+'git-show-branch' [--all] [--remotes] [--topo-order] [--current]
+ [--more=<n> | --list | --independent | --merge-base]
+ [--no-name | --sha1-name] [--topics] [<rev> | <glob>]...
+'git-show-branch' (-g|--reflog)[=<n>[,<base>]] [--list] [<ref>]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
It cannot show more than 29 branches and commits at a time.
+It uses `showbranch.default` multi-valued configuration items if
+no <rev> nor <glob> is given on the command line.
+
OPTIONS
-------
branches under $GIT_DIR/refs/heads/topic, giving
`topic/*` would show all of them.
---all --heads --tags::
- Show all refs under $GIT_DIR/refs, $GIT_DIR/refs/heads,
- and $GIT_DIR/refs/tags, respectively.
+-r|--remotes::
+ Show the remote-tracking branches.
+
+-a|--all::
+ Show both remote-tracking branches and local branches.
+
+--current::
+ With this option, the command includes the current
+ branch to the list of revs to be shown when it is not
+ given on the command line.
+
+--topo-order::
+ By default, the branches and their commits are shown in
+ reverse chronological order. This option makes them
+ appear in topological order (i.e., descendant commits
+ are shown before their parents).
+
+--sparse::
+ By default, the output omits merges that are reachable
+ from only one tip being shown. This option makes them
+ visible.
--more=<n>::
Usually the command stops output upon showing the commit
tree.
--list::
- Synomym to `--more=-1`
+ Synonym to `--more=-1`
--merge-base::
Instead of showing the commit list, just act like the
of "master"), name them with the unique prefix of their
object names.
+--topics::
+ Shows only commits that are NOT on the first branch given.
+ This helps track topic branches by hiding any commit that
+ is already in the main line of development. When given
+ "git show-branch --topics master topic1 topic2", this
+ will show the revisions given by "git rev-list {caret}master
+ topic1 topic2"
+
+--reflog[=<n>[,<base>]] [<ref>]::
+ Shows <n> most recent ref-log entries for the given
+ ref. If <base> is given, <n> entries going back from
+ that entry. <base> can be specified as count or date.
+ `-g` can be used as a short-hand for this option. When
+ no explicit <ref> parameter is given, it defaults to the
+ current branch (or `HEAD` if it is detached).
+
Note that --more, --list, --independent and --merge-base options
are mutually exclusive.
------
Given N <references>, the first N lines are the one-line
description from their commit message. The branch head that is
-pointed at by $GIT_DIR/HEAD is prefixed with an asterisk '*'
-character while other heads are prefixed with a '!' character.
+pointed at by $GIT_DIR/HEAD is prefixed with an asterisk `*`
+character while other heads are prefixed with a `!` character.
Following these N lines, one-line log for each commit is
displayed, indented N places. If a commit is on the I-th
-branch, the I-th indentation character shows a '+' sign;
-otherwise it shows a space. Each commit shows a short name that
-can be used as an exended SHA1 to name that commit.
+branch, the I-th indentation character shows a `+` sign;
+otherwise it shows a space. Merge commits are denoted by
+a `-` sign. Each commit shows a short name that
+can be used as an extended SHA1 to name that commit.
The following example shows three branches, "master", "fixes"
and "mhf":
------------------------------------------------
$ git show-branch master fixes mhf
-! [master] Add 'git show-branch'.
+* [master] Add 'git show-branch'.
! [fixes] Introduce "reset type" flag to "git reset"
! [mhf] Allow "+remote:local" refspec to cause --force when fetching.
---
+ [mhf~6] Retire git-parse-remote.
+ [mhf~7] Multi-head fetch.
+ [mhf~8] Start adding the $GIT_DIR/remotes/ support.
-+++ [master] Add 'git show-branch'.
+*++ [master] Add 'git show-branch'.
------------------------------------------------
These three branches all forked from a common commit, [master],
whose commit message is "Add 'git show-branch'. "fixes" branch
adds one commit 'Introduce "reset type"'. "mhf" branch has many
-other commits.
+other commits. The current branch is "master".
+
+
+EXAMPLE
+-------
+
+If you keep your primary branches immediately under
+`$GIT_DIR/refs/heads`, and topic branches in subdirectories of
+it, having the following in the configuration file may help:
+
+------------
+[showbranch]
+ default = --topo-order
+ default = heads/*
+
+------------
+
+With this, `git show-branch` without extra parameters would show
+only the primary branches. In addition, if you happen to be on
+your topic branch, it is shown as well.
+
+------------
+$ git show-branch --reflog='10,1 hour ago' --list master
+------------
+
+shows 10 reflog entries going back from the tip as of 1 hour ago.
+Without `--list`, the output also shows how these tips are
+topologically related with each other.
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